Everton looking to Benitez because of financial problems

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So what’s all this got to do specifically with Benitez? Obviously whoever take over will have to work within these constraints. Therefore, I think that the decision has been made that the club can’t simply go on spashing the cash and so they need a manager who can make the best of a tight financial situation.

Benitez is apparently very keen on the job, after all he’s not an idiot and wouldn’t have been at all surprised at the amount of abuse he’s already received so if he’s prepared to deal with it like he did at Chelsea, then he must feel it’s the best opportunity he likely to get at the moment.

His experience at Newcastle is perhaps a consideration too as the Spaniard kept the Magpies up despite a lack of funds and made them a very well-organised side who were more competitive than would have been expected although their football was often hard to watch, to put it mildly.

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There are different interpretations of his time on Tyneside and I don’t think everyone was totally convinced that he did that great a job, but anyway he did win the Championship and kept them in the Premier League for a few seasons when that looked a tall order.

Obviously Everton are not in that situation, although they have flirted with relegation as recently as the 2019-20 campaign.

So it’s this kind of pragmatic approach with a safe pair of hands and ability to mold a solid and competitive team out of a pretty unimpressive squad without necessarily spending much on new additions, that is the primary reasoning behind this move. He also won’t have a huge staff to employ and there’s no pay off to another club either.

It doesn’t seem as though Moshiri is prepared to take a chance again on a younger and relatively unproven boss – like say Graham Potter – as he did with Silva, if that means another massive outlay on players and then the possibiltiy of having to get rid of him at great expense if it all goes wrong.

Of course, that could still happen with Benitez and if his side hits a bad run of form there will be no reserve if goodwill among fans for him to tap into! But maybe they are hoping he can front it out and get through any tough times as he did at Stamford Bridge and put in place a team that can get into Europe and perhaps even win a trophy before the new stadium is ready.

Well I could be worng and it’s still a big risk but then again if it goes well and Benitez can get this group of players with a few key additions playing consistently well then hopefully the club will have time to find a long-term replacement or two lined up (perhaps Duncan Ferguson?) to take over from him in a few years time. We can always hope!

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